Painting gustave brion 1824/1877

Makes [paintings] which are indeed alsatian. When no one is able to illustrate les miserables, he nevertheless does it in a way that has not been surpassed until now and he is not mistaken in his types... » van gogh's judgment is valid for the painter as much than for the illustrator: he detects another brion behind the “medal” painter, the one who, in the footsteps of victor hugo, “illustrates”, that is to say represents and makes illustrious, the “miserable.